Re: Using "Come Along" to raise keel
Bill Combs (ttursine@gnt.net)
Wed, 26 Aug 98 10:34:08 -0700
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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>A "Come Along" is a hand winch which costs in the range of $50. It has a
>metal frame 14" long with a lever handle 19" long. There is a reel in the
>frame
>with about 15-20 ft of steel cable and with ratcheting mechanisms. On one
>end
>of the frame and on the end of the cable is mounted a large hook.
A "handy-billy" (essentially a self-cotained block & tackle -- think of a
boom vang) also works well. My emergency system is essentially as you
describe, but using the tackle in place of a come-along. Everything I
put on the boat that is metal and not specifically designed for marine
use (plus some that are so intended) eventually rusts, so I try to shy
away from some things that work so well on land.
Regards,
Bill Combs
WWP 19 #439 (1987)
"Ursa Minor"
Fort Walton Beach FL
ttursine@gnt.net